EP0641620B1 - Threading tap - Google Patents

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EP0641620B1
EP0641620B1 EP94850147A EP94850147A EP0641620B1 EP 0641620 B1 EP0641620 B1 EP 0641620B1 EP 94850147 A EP94850147 A EP 94850147A EP 94850147 A EP94850147 A EP 94850147A EP 0641620 B1 EP0641620 B1 EP 0641620B1
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Peder Von Holst
Josef Giessler
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23G—THREAD CUTTING; WORKING OF SCREWS, BOLT HEADS, OR NUTS, IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH
    • B23G5/00—Thread-cutting tools; Die-heads
    • B23G5/02—Thread-cutting tools; Die-heads without means for adjustment
    • B23G5/06—Taps
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23G—THREAD CUTTING; WORKING OF SCREWS, BOLT HEADS, OR NUTS, IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH
    • B23G2225/00—Materials of threading tools, workpieces or other structural elements
    • B23G2225/32—High speed steel
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23G—THREAD CUTTING; WORKING OF SCREWS, BOLT HEADS, OR NUTS, IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH
    • B23G2225/00—Materials of threading tools, workpieces or other structural elements
    • B23G2225/44—Titanium
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23G—THREAD CUTTING; WORKING OF SCREWS, BOLT HEADS, OR NUTS, IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH
    • B23G2225/00—Materials of threading tools, workpieces or other structural elements
    • B23G2225/52—Titanium carbide
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23G—THREAD CUTTING; WORKING OF SCREWS, BOLT HEADS, OR NUTS, IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH
    • B23G2225/00—Materials of threading tools, workpieces or other structural elements
    • B23G2225/56—Titanium carbide nitride (TiCN)
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23G—THREAD CUTTING; WORKING OF SCREWS, BOLT HEADS, OR NUTS, IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH
    • B23G2225/00—Materials of threading tools, workpieces or other structural elements
    • B23G2225/60—Titanium nitride
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T408/00—Cutting by use of rotating axially moving tool
    • Y10T408/78—Tool of specific diverse material
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T408/00—Cutting by use of rotating axially moving tool
    • Y10T408/89—Tool or Tool with support
    • Y10T408/904—Tool or Tool with support with pitch-stabilizing ridge
    • Y10T408/9048—Extending outwardly from tool-axis
EP94850147A 1993-09-07 1994-09-01 Threading tap Expired - Lifetime EP0641620B1 (en)

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SE9302885 1993-09-07
SE9302885A SE505742C2 (sv) 1993-09-07 1993-09-07 Gängtapp

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EP0641620B1 true EP0641620B1 (en) 1998-02-25

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JP (1) JPH07164247A (sv)
AT (1) ATE163380T1 (sv)
DE (1) DE69408611T2 (sv)
ES (1) ES2113077T3 (sv)
SE (1) SE505742C2 (sv)

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ATE163380T1 (de) 1998-03-15
SE9302885D0 (sv) 1993-09-07
SE9302885L (sv) 1995-03-08
EP0641620A1 (en) 1995-03-08
US5487626A (en) 1996-01-30
DE69408611D1 (de) 1998-04-02
JPH07164247A (ja) 1995-06-27
SE505742C2 (sv) 1997-10-06
DE69408611T2 (de) 1998-06-18

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